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When William Shakespeare penned one of his most famous quotes in Henry VI (Part 2) with an earnest pledge, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” the great playwright was clearly onto something well ahead of his time. And while the moral standards of modern civil society discourage us from recommending such harsh treatment for legal professionals who, after all, are just doing their jobs, every once in a while a case comes along that seems to set new contemptuous lows for the profession’s often-tattered reputation that, like it or not, is often of its own making.

The Hershey Company has sued its competitor Mars over allegations its Dove peanut putter milk chocolate Promises, has too many similar packaging elements to Hershey’s Reese’s (aka Reese, in Canada) Peanut Butter Cups, citing a similar package design and similar orange color on the outer packaging.